But what happens when the void left behind by graduation is a player, or players, that don’t get as much recognition, those who wear a number in the 50s, 60s or 70s, those who do all the dirty work? That void can be felt monumentally by coaches and teammates, especially those looking to be the […]
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Local teams hit refresh button as fall season begins
That’s what Lewiston boys’ soccer coach Mike McGraw said about the first day of fall practices, which began Monday. McGraw could have been excused for admitting that the beginning of this season is different than any of his other 34 years at the helm of the Blue Devils program. He had never had to follow […]
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Mayhem rumble to bowl win
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Maine Mayhem shut out the Knoxville Lightning 48-0 to win the Independent Women’s Football League Affiliate Bowl championship on Friday in Charlotte, N.C. Oak Hill graduate Frankie Curtis helped Maine’s defensive dominance by recovering a pair of fumbles, scoring a touchdown on one. Curtis’ first recovery led to Theresa Hendrix’s TD pass […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: East holds off West in shootout
BIDDEFORD — Defense be darned. The East scored a team-record 58 points and combined with the West for game-record 110 overall points in the East’s 58-52 victory in the 27th Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic at Waterhouse Field on Saturday. “That’s a first for me and a lot of other guys,” said West quarterback Dalton […]
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Local quarterbacks lead near-comeback
Three Class D state championships as the quarterback of Oak Hill, for example. So it means something that a 58-52 loss in the Lobster Bowl on Saturday ranks pretty high. “It was one of the best high school football games that I’ve been involved in. Absolutely,” Therrien said. “I won three state championships, and this […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: A new beginning for Lewiston’s Porter
A variety of thoughts and emotions have rushed through Stefan Porter’s mind this week. The Lewiston High School graduate has been thinking about football, some of his firsts and some of his lasts. His participation this week as a member of the East Squad in advance of Saturday’s Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl has provided Porter […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: Oak Hill players enjoy Raider reunion
Among the chatter of various players and assistant coaches at practice for the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl this week, there’s still one voice that may still stick out this week for the former Oak Hill Raiders. Dalton Therrien and teammate Connor Elwell are among the players on the West roster playing for their former Oak […]
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Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame: Capone known for reversals of fortune
Lewiston High School, with a proud tradition of eight prior state championships and enrollment numbers that dwarfed most programs in Maine, looked like the perfect location. Then came consecutive two-win seasons, piggybacked by defeats in triplicate to begin the 1985 campaign. Young and driven, Capone, who originally assumed that LHS would be a brief blip […]
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Ex-Bates baseball coach Chick Leahey leaves behind more than a legacy
That’s what Bates College Director of Athletics Kevin McHugh had to say about William “Chick” Leahey, the longtime Bates baseball coach who died on Saturday at the age of 90. Leahey was at the helm of the baseball team for 36 seasons, from 1955-90, but he was still apart of the program after that, and […]
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Super Bowl: Von Miller, Broncos stuff Panthers
Manning and Panthers quarterback Cam Newton were harassed all game Sunday, and the Broncos made enough big plays for the 24-10 victory, Manning’s 200th and perhaps his last before retirement. He wasn’t the star — game MVP Miller seemingly was everywhere on every Carolina play — but Manning really hasn’t been the headliner in this […]